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Mulled wine is getting expensive: where is the most expensive and where is the cheapest price?


Advent has come and the Christmas markets can open again without restrictions. But this year, traders have been hit by new worries: energy prices, inflation, and the threat of recession. So it was already clear that prices on the markets would rise. An analysis of 56 Christmas markets now shows: mulled wine costs 60 percent more than in 2019. So how much does a cup of mulled wine cost in 2022? Where is the cheapest wine? Here are the informations.

Gühwein prices: The mulled wine price index provides answers

Every year examines the portal “Mobile Christmas Market” all German cities and municipalities and compares the prices for a normal cup of red mulled wine. This creates a so-called “Mulled wine price index” created. The index for 2022 was published just before the second advent. This shows that most Christmas markets have increased their prices. But in three markets the price was even reduced. Here is the cheapest mulled wine in Germany:
  • Bayreuth
  • Dortmund
  • Hof
  • Luebeck
  • Rostock

The mulled wine costs on average at these markets 3 Euro without deposit. The most expensive mulled wine is in Berlin, Hanover and Cologne where the drink costs 4.50 euros per cup.

Mulled wine prices in comparison in Germany

Here we show the comparison of all cities surveyed at the prices of 2022 and 2021 or 2019 (without deposit):

  • Augsburg: 2022: 3,75 / 2021/19: 3,00 Euro
  • Berlin: 4.50 / 3.50 euros
  • Bonn: 3.50 / 3.67 euros
  • Bremen: 4.00 / 3.50 euros
  • Darmstadt: 3,50 / 3,50 Euro
  • Dortmund: 3.00 / 3.00 euros
  • Duisburg: 3,75 / 3,25 Euro
  • Dresden: 3.50 / 3.38 euros
  • Düsseldorf: 4,00 / 4,00 Euro
  • Erfurt: 4.00 / 3.13 euros
  • Food: 3.50 / 3.50 euros
  • Frankfurt am Main: 4,00 / 3,75 Euro
  • Freiburg: 4,00 / 3,00 Euro
  • Goettingen: 4.00 / 3.75 euros
  • Halle an der Saale: 3.67 / 3.00 euros
  • Hamburg: 3.67 / 3.00 euros
  • Hannover: 4,50 / 4,50 Euro
  • Karlsruhe: 4.00 / 3.50 Euro
  • As: 4.00 / 3.50 Euro
  • Cologne: 4.50 / 4.14 euros
  • Leipzig: 4.25 / 3.25 euros
  • Lübeck: 3.00 / 3.50 euros
  • Magdeburg: 3,50 / 4,00 Euro
  • Mainz: 3.50 / 3.00 euros
  • Mannheim: 3,75 / 3,00 Euro
  • Munster: 4.00 / 2.50 euros
  • Munich: 4.00 / 3.25 euros
  • Rostock: 3,00 / 3,00 Euro
  • Schwerin: 3.50 / 3.50 euros
  • Stuttgart: 4,00 / 3,50 Euro
  • Ulm: 4.00 / 4.00 Euro
  • Wuppertal: 3.50 / 3.00 euros
Of course, cities in which the Christmas markets could take place at all are listed for 2021. For the others, the year 2019 was used as a comparison. Details on the dates are here.

Christmas 2022: How much does mulled wine cost in the supermarket?

Anyone who prefers to make mulled wine in their own apartment given the high prices at the Christmas market would like to know what it would cost in the supermarket. Of course, you can buy it almost everywhere now. This is what a liter of mulled wine currently costs at various supermarket chains:

  • Aldi Süd: 1.80 Euros
  • Aldi North: 1.80 Euro
  • Lidl: 4.50 euros
  • Kaufland: 4.30 euros

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